Hebrews 11:11-12

By Faith

11 By faith y Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered z him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and a him as good as dead, were born descendants b as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 17:19
    God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
    Genesis 18:11 - 14
    Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.
    Genesis 21:2
    And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him.
  2. Cross References
    Hebrews 10:23
    Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
  3. Cross References
    Romans 4:19
    He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead ( since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb.
  4. Cross References
    Genesis 22:17
    I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
    Genesis 32:12
    But you said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'
    Genesis 15:5
    And he brought him outside and said, "Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be.
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